Open hopper cars are used for commodities such as coal, which can suffer exposure with less detrimental effect. Hopper cars have been used by railways worldwide whenever automated cargo handling has been desired. This type of car is distinguished from a gondola car in that it has opening doors on the underside or on the sides to discharge its cargo. The development of the hopper car went along with the development of automated handling of such commodities, with automated loading and unloading facilities.

MODEL FEATURES:

Fully-assembled and ready to run out of the box

Highly-detailed, injection-molded body

McHenry scale knuckle spring couplers installed

Painted and printed for realistic decoration

Weighted for trouble free operation

33” machined metal wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track